Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) wears a Trump Won face mask as she arrives on the floor of the House to take her oath of office on the opening day of the 117th Congress at the US Capitol on Sunday, January 3, 2021. Erin Scott/Pool via AP
GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said she d introduce a resolution to expel Rep. Maxine Waters.
Greene said Waters incited violence when she spoke with protesters in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota.
Protests in the city have gone on for a week following the fatal police shooting of Daunte Wright.
GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene says she plans to introduce a resolution to expel Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters from Congress for her continual incitement of violence on innocent American people.
Rep. Taylor-Greene comes out fighting, will introduce resolution to expel Maxine
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has been vilified for things she said in the past, but we only consider what she says now. And, frankly, she is one of the few people who is fighting for our country. She’s also fighting for accountability.
After Rep. Maxine Waters called for violence if the Derek Chauvin trial doesn’t end in a murder conviction, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said she will introduce a resolution calling on Congress to expel the sixteen-term Representative.
Why aren’t more doing the same? Republicans don’t know how to fight like Democrats. They need to learn fast and they could learn from her.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-G announced an effort Sunday to expel Rep. Maxine Waters from Congress after she told protesters in Minnesota to "get more confrontational" if Derek Chauvin isn't convicted of murdering George Floyd.
Maxine Waters appeared at the Brooklyn Center protests on Saturday
Waters told protesters to ignore the curfew: We gotta stay on the street
House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy said he d bring action against her
But given Democratic control of the House his move unlikely to go anywhere
Republicans pounded on Waters remarks to BLM protesters
Senator Ted Cruz led the chorus of condemnation of her comments
Other Republican members of Congress spoke out against her words
Marjorie Taylor Greene called Waters a danger to our society
Waters said she wants to see Derek Chauvin receive a guilty verdict in his trial
House GOP Leader Says He Will ‘Bring Action’ Against Maxine Waters for ‘Inciting Violence’ if Pelosi Refuses
The House GOP leader on Sunday urged House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to take action against Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) this week for “inciting violence” in Brooklyn Center, Minneapolis, over the weekend.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said that if the House speaker doesn’t “act against this dangerous rhetoric,” he will take action against the Democratic lawmaker for her remarks at a demonstration in the city following the fatal shooting of 20-year-old Daunte Wright on April 11.
“Maxine Waters is inciting violence in Minneapolis just as she has incited it in the past,” McCarthy said on Twitter. “If Speaker Pelosi doesn’t act against this dangerous rhetoric, I will bring action this week.”